Public open space, meanders into grid urban fabric to form a whole. Just like in Suzhou city, organic form of garden space hides within the city grid.

Harbour City has a structure of “necklace with four jewels”. The necklace – “Taihu ring” is a Waterfront Landscape structure, which comprises five interlocking water theme rings: Lake, Bay, Harbour, Shallow and Pool. The four jewels are functional core areas: activity center, arts & cultural center, business center, and natural center.

Two major components, “Garden CBD” (CBD core area & underground space and “Harbour CBD” ( Waterfront Bay city), are connected by a Central Land-Water axis, which is defined by the landmark tower and civic harbour, and reinforced through the opening up of ground plane, as well as the form of a river carving out the canyon of underground wonders. It links the points of attraction and provides an anchor to the overall master plan.